The comedy-drama, directed by former longtime Danbury News-Times theater reviewer Chesley Plemmons, opens Friday, May 3 and runs through Saturday, May 25.

Set on a deserted beach, "Seascape" focuses on a couple talking idly about home, family, and their life together as they near retirement. Suddenly, they're joined by two sea creatures who have risked leaving the ocean depths to come ashore. Initial fears and suspicions are soon replaced by curiosity.

Before long, the humans and the creatures are engaged in a funny, fascinating dialogue. As the creatures face the terrifying prospect of life ashore, the humans are forced to contemplate their own emotional and mortal realities. The play is filled with warmth, humor and poetic eloquence, along with emotional and intellectual reverberations.

" `Seascape' focuses on the longevity of relationships, the sum of one's life, and the sunrise of others," said Plemmons, of Sherman. "At one point in the play, the character Nancy says to her husband Charlie, `We've done all we ought to -- and isn't it splendid we've enjoyed so much of it.' I hope this play will reconfirm to audiences that sometimes tenuous, but essential philosophy."

"Seascape is not strictly a drama. It also has lots of elements of comedy, fantasy and satire," said co-producer Richard Pettibone, of New Milford. "The fact that Albee has two human-sized walking, talking, lizard-creatures rising from the sea is proof of that.

"And it's here that, among many other themes, Albee suggests that the way animals adapt to change is really not that much different from how humans do it. We can all learn from each other. It's an allegory that's unusual, miraculous and completely life-affirming."

"Seascape" made its Broadway debut at the Shubert Theatre on Jan. 26, 1975 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

On Thursday, May 2, senior citizens are invited to a free dress rehearsal at 8 p.m. Then, Thursday, May 9, at 8 p.m., it's TheatreWorks' Pay-What-You-Want night. At this performance, you name the price for your ticket.